Afghanistan calls on Afghans who helped US in war and are now stuck in Qatar to return homeAfghanistan's foreign ministry states Afghans who assisted the US war effort and are in Qatar can return home safely. This comes as reports...
25 Apr, 2026, 10.19 PM IST
American woman released by Taliban in Afghanistan: Former US envoyAn American woman, Faye Hall, was released by the Taliban in Afghanistan and is now under Qatari care. Hall, along with two Britons, was de...
29 Mar, 2025, 11.47 PM IST
Taliban set unacceptable conditions for attending a UN meeting, says UN secretary-generalAt a U.N.-sponsored meeting in Qatar, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed that the Taliban imposed unacceptable conditions for thei...
19 Feb, 2024, 10.06 PM IST
Taliban to sign security agreement with QatarTaliban's acting Minister of Defense, Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said that Kabul and Doha are expected to sign an agreement for security coope...
12 Jul, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
United Arab Emirates set to run Kabul airport in deal with Taliban, sources sayThe Taliban, whose government remains an international pariah without formal recognition, have courted regional powers, including Qatar and...
07 Jul, 2022, 07.24 PM IST
UAE holds talks with Taliban to run Kabul airport - foreign diplomatsThe United Arab Emirates has held talks with the Taliban to run Kabul airport, going up against Gulf rival Qatar in a diplomatic tussle for...
24 Nov, 2021, 01.46 PM IST
Qatar agrees to represent US interests in AfghanistanQatar will establish a U.S. interests section within its own embassy in Kabul to provide consular and other services to American citizens i...
13 Nov, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
Qatar advises international community to nurture moderate Taliban voicesQatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, while briefing counter-terror experts who gathered for Global Security For...
15 Oct, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
Qatar's ruler urges world leaders not to boycott TalibanBecause of its unique position, Qatar had hosted direct US-Taliban talks around the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and helped facilit...
22 Sep, 2021, 12.42 PM IST
Qatar may struggle to deliver the revamped Taliban it hypedQatar’s reveled in hosting talks with the Taliban, complete with big backdrops and dramatic lighting, and has gained the trust of its polit...
07 Sep, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pulloutQatar has also reportedly been asked by the Taliban to provide civilian technical assistance at Kabul's international airport, once the US ...
30 Aug, 2021, 02.04 PM IST
View: Why is Taliban so important to Middle East regimes?Saudi Arabia had been, with the UAE and Pakistan, one of the three countries that had recognised the Taliban government in 1990s so that wa...
21 Aug, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
Afghan peace talks should rotate among countries, envoy says amid stallThe Taliban, which opened an office in Qatar in 2013, were too "comfortable" there, he said. "We want the Taliban to get out of their comfo...
15 Mar, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
Taliban hold talks with US envoy in QatarThe talks are aimed at renewing the Afghan peace process and eventually winding down America's longest war.
18 Nov, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
Haqqani leaders detained in Gulf, not in Afghanistan: ReportTaliban said that Haqqani & Rashid were arrested on Oct 12 in Bahrain by US forces, & taken to Qatar & UAE before reaching Kabul, said the ...
20 Oct, 2014, 02.30 PM IST
- Mullah Omar can run for President in 2014 polls: Karzai
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai wants the elusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar to run for President in next year's election.
02 Apr, 2013, 05.06 PM IST
- 'US cannot hold talks with Taliban on behalf of Afghan government'
President Hamid Karzai today said that the US cannot hold talks with Taliban on behalf of the Afghan government.
17 Feb, 2012, 03.49 PM IST